diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/journal.c b/drivers/md/bcache/journal.c
index f880e5eba8dd..8d4d63b51553 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/journal.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/journal.c
@@ -810,6 +810,10 @@ atomic_t *bch_journal(struct cache_set *c,
 	struct journal_write *w;
 	atomic_t *ret;
 
+	/* No journaling if CACHE_SET_IO_DISABLE set already */
+	if (unlikely(test_bit(CACHE_SET_IO_DISABLE, &c->flags)))
+		return NULL;
+
 	if (!CACHE_SYNC(&c->sb))
 		return NULL;